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Council amends hospital assessment resolution to clarify permitted assessment rates for charity care funding
Summary
Orlando City Council on June 23 amended and restated the final assessment resolution tied to the city's hospital assessment program to clarify permitted rates and complete assessment proceedings for charity care funding.
Orlando City Council on June 23 considered and approved an amendment and restatement of a final assessment resolution related to the city’s hospital assessment that supports charity health care for uninsured and low-income patients.
The council noted the action is the eighth consecutive year of the assessment program and that hospitals subject to the assessment supported the amendment. Commissioner Burns moved to approve the amendment; Commissioner Rose seconded. For the record the clerk noted that notice of the hearing was waived by all hospitals. The council held the public-hearing step required under the city’s home-rule special assessment ordinance and the motion carried.
The resolution as described in the record authorizes a non-ad valorem assessment within the city to support provision of health care by city hospitals to low-income Medicaid beneficiaries and indigent members of the Central Florida community. The record indicates monies raised are transferred to the state to support that funding.
